Giampaolo Urlando
Italian hammer thrower (born 1945)
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1945-01-07) January 7, 1945 (age 79) Padua, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Snia Milano | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower.
Biography
He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use.[1]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7th | |
1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | |
1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 11th | |
1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 1st | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th | 72.06 m | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | DSQ |
National titles
Giampaolo Urlando has won 10 times the individual national championship.[2]
- 10 wins in Hammer throw (1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
See also
References
External links
- Giampaolo Urlando at World Athletics
- Giampaolo Urlando at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Giampaolo Urlando at Olympics.com
- Giampaolo Urlando at Olympedia
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's hammer throw
- 1951–1955: Teseo Taddia (ITA)
- 1959: Krešimir Račić (YUG)
- 1963: Zvonko Bezjak (YUG)
- 1967: Not held
- 1971: Georgios Georgiadis (GRE)
- 1975: Srećko Štiglić (YUG)
- 1979–1983: Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)
- 1987: Lucio Serrani (ITA)
- 1991: Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)
- 1993: Not held
- 1997: Christophe Épalle (FRA)
- 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)
- 2005: Eşref Apak (TUR)
- 2009: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)
- 2013: Mostafa El Gamel (EGY)
- 2018: Not held
- 2022: Özkan Baltacı (TUR)